Cleveland Indians vs Boston Red Sox
June 4, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 4, 1986 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Cleveland Indians 4, Boston Red Sox 6

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf 5 1 3 0
Franco ss 4 1 3 1
Carter rf 5 1 1 0
Thornton dh 3 0 0 1
Hall lf 4 1 3 1
Bernazard 2b 3 0 1 1
Tabler 1b 4 0 0 0
Jacoby 3b 4 0 1 0
Bando c 4 0 1 0
Niekro p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 13 4
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Barrett 2b 4 0 0 0
Boggs 3b 4 1 2 0
Buckner 1b 4 1 1 2
Rice lf 4 0 1 1
Baylor dh 3 1 2 1
Gedman c 4 0 0 0
Evans rf 3 1 1 0
Lyons cf 4 0 0 0
Quinones ss 2 2 1 2
Woodward p 0 0 0 0
  Crawford p 0 0 0 0
  Stanley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 8 6
Cleveland 000 201 0014130
Boston 002 200 11x680
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro  L (3-5) 8.0 8 6 6 2 6
Totals
8.0
8
6
6
2
6
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Woodward  W (1-1) 6.1 10 3 3 2 1
  Crawford   2.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Stanley  SV (9) 0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
4
4
2
1

  E–None.  DP–Boston 1.  2B–Cleveland Franco 2 (10,off Woodward,off Stanley); Hall (11,off Woodward); Bernazard (8,off Woodward), Boston Boggs (17,off Niekro); Rice (15,off Niekro).  HR–Boston Quinones (1,4th inning off Niekro 1 on, 1 out); Buckner (5,7th inning off Niekro 0 on, 2 out); Baylor (13,8th inning off Niekro 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Thornton (3,off Woodward).  HBP–Baylor (11,by Niekro).  SB–Butler (13,2nd base off Woodward/Gedman).  CS–Butler (5,2nd base by Woodward/Gedman).  WP–Woodward (1).  HBP–Niekro (1,Baylor).  U-HP–Dale Ford, 1B–Rich Garcia, 2B–Greg Kosc, 3B–Rick Reed.  T–2:35.  A–25,681.
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